Internet
| domain | group 1 | group 2 & 3 |
| Concepts | 10m | 5m |
| Internet navigation, search, save | 30m | 20m |
| Email- including setting up free email accounts | 30m | 20m |
| Creation of web pages | 30m | 20m |
updated 8/18/200
| Internet: internet, email, and creating web pages | ||||
| Knowledge | Skills | Task | ||
| What is the internet? | Concepts ñ how it works, phone lines, modem | |||
| Understand the concepts of connecting to the internet | terminolodgy | Terms such a telecommunications, direct access, dial-in access, modem, baud rate, Internet, World Wide Web | ||
| Use of an Acceptable Use policy in regards to students using the World Wide Web | ||||
| Evaluation of web sites for validity of information | ||||
| Able to go "online" | Connect a computer to a modem and telephone line for dial-in access | I am able to connect to an Internet Service Provider. | Obtain/maintain an account on the Internet or an on-line service that provides Internet access | |
| I know how to set up my modem or network. | ||||
| Launching my Internet browser | ||||
| 2. The participant will learn the basics in navigating the web, saving web pages, and using search engines to locate subjects on the World wide Web | The participant will learn the basics in navigating the web, saving web pages, and using search engines to locate subjects on the World wide Web | |||
| How to recognize a link, how to follow a link, how to tell whether you have followed a link before. | Hyperlinks to navigate through web sites | |||
| Keying in a known URL (web address) | I know where the address bar is and how to navigate the web using this feature. | |||
| I can copy a web page's address to the Address Bar | ||||
| Using the toolbars and menus in Internet Explorer | I understand the functions of the different buttons on my browser's toolbar. | 3. How to use the Forward, Back and Home buttons to get around. | 6. How to print a page. | |
| How to use the Open button or Location field to type in an Internet address (go to a URL directly). | ||||
| I know how to save web pages | ||||
| What a Bookmark or Favorite is, how to add a bookmark, how to visit a link that you have bookmarked. | I know how to save the address of a page using favorites/bookmarks. | |||
| I know how to download programs and files from the internet. | ||||
| I know how to change the preferences on my browser. For example, I know how to change my opening page, and change the font type and size | ||||
| I've emptied the disk and memory cache on my browser to free up space on my hard drive | ||||
| I can use Forward and Back buttons | ||||
| I can use the Favorite function to save a web page's address | ||||
| Search engines | Accessing and using search engines | I know what search engines are and how to use them. | ||
| collaboration/communication | I can subscribe and unsubscribe from an online discussion groups | |||
| I can read various file formats on the Web; e.g., GIF, JPG, PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and so on | ||||
| I'm aware that I can download files to be installed on my computer | ||||
| I know what a plug-in is and how to install one | ||||
| The participant will learn the various functions and features of email and be able to send and receive email messages, send attachments, and learn to copy and paste text. | 1.1. The participant will learn the various functions and features of email and be able to send and receive email messages, send attachments, and learn to copy and paste text. | |||
| Signing up for an account ñ Hotmail, Yahoo, Netscape, etc. | Able to set up an account through a free Internet mail, Hotmail, excite, etc | |||
| 1. How to configure your e-mail application to use your Internet Service Provider (ISP). | ||||
| 2. Use Electronic Mail (compose, send, retrieve, read, respond, forward) | I can open, send, delete, reply to and print email messages. | |||
| 3. How to check for e-mail. | ||||
| I can copy a page from an email or paste a document to an email | ||||
| I can send a document as an email attachment | How to check, write, read, view attachments | |||
| Creating new folders, making an address book | Storing addresses in the Address Book | |||
| Using the name check feature to confirm e-mail addresses | ||||
| management | Adding a new folder to your Inbox | |||
| Moving e-mail from your Inbox to your folders | ||||
| In this section, the participant will learn the basics of Newsgroups, listservers, and other online communications | ||||
| The participant will compose and generate HTML pages using Word and Front Page | 4.2. The participant will be able to insert graphics into an HTML page. | 4.3. The participant will be able to create a table and edit its properties in an HTML page. | 4.4. The participant will be able to make a hyperlink to another website/page | |
| Creating content for the web | Use FrontPage Express to create and view a Web page | |||
| Working with FrontPage Express | ||||
| Creating a New Web Page | ||||
| Entering Content in FrontPage Express | ||||
| Creating Hyperlinks | ||||
| Saving a Web Page | ||||
| Using a Web Page on the Active Desktop |